Sunday 19 August 2018

Re: [Maine-birds] Digest for maine...@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

Hello Loring,

Good find!!  You can report shorebird sightings at BandedBirds.org, which is shared by most of the shorebird research community.  The lime-green flag means it was banded in the US (Canada is white, Brazil is blue and so on).  I looked to see if +X6 is in the database and didn't find it--which may just mean that it was banded in May of this year and the researchers are behind in getting their data in.  Having + as the first character also suggests a recently banded bird--believe it or not, they ran out of combinations of the usual alphanumeric characters and had to add + and = to avoid repeating!

BTW, the metal band on the left leg is a USFWS band with a unique (long) number but you'd have to have the bird in hand to read it.

Hope this is useful info,

--Charles Duncan

On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 2:17:45 PM UTC-4, danny wrote:
At 9 am Sun Aug 19 at Pine Point I saw a banded semipalmated sandpiper. It's right leg had a light green tag that read +x6
and its left leg had a silver band. Could someone suggest the right person or organization to notify? Thanks alot.
Loring Danforth

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 4:36 PM, <maine...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeport...@yahoo.com>: Aug 17 06:09PM -0400

My observations of note over the past seven days included:
- 3 Cory's Shearwaters, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, etc, Hardy Boat from Monhegan to New Harbor, 8/12 (with Marion Sprague).
- 8 Fish Crows, Pine Point, Scarborugh, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
- 2 adult Red-necked Grebes, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 8/14 (with Jeannette). Still present on 8/16 (with clients from TX/CT).
- 1 GIANT SWALLOWTAIL butterfly, Biddeford Pool neighborhood, 8/14 (I believe this is my first in Maine; with Jeannette).
- 1 very early female BUFFLEHEAD and 1 Blue-winged Teal (FOF), Sanford Lagoons, 8/16 (with clients from TX/CT).
- 1 continuing TRICOLORED HERON and 1 probable WHITE-FACED IBIS (hard to confidently rule out a hybrid in this non-breeding plumage), Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/16 (with clients).
- 1 DICKCISSEL (FOF), Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 8/17.
 
And my shorebird high counts this week were as follows:
Black-bellied Plover: 106, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Plover: 238, Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Piping Plover: 6, Hill's Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette). 5 still present on 8/16 (with clients from TX/CT).
Killdeer: 17, Mayall Road, Gray/New Gloucester, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 6, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
Spotted Sandpiper: 3, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 8/14 (with Jeannette) and 8/16 (with clients).
Solitary Sandpiper: 1, Royal River Park, Yarmouth, 8/11 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).
Greater Yellowlegs: 34, Pine Point, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
"Eastern" Willet: 9, Pine Point, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
Lesser Yellowlegs: 7, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
UPLAND SANDPIPER: 1, flyover at the store at 6:10pm on 8/25 (with Jeannette). A most unexpected yard bird (#123)!
Whimbrel: 1, Pine Point, 8/13 (with Jeannette) and Hill's Beach, 8/16 (with clients)
Ruddy Turnstone: 57, Biddeford Pool Beach, Biddeford, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
RED KNOT (FOF): 2, Hill's Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Sanderling: 51, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 1800, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/14.
Least Sandpiper: 19, Eastern Road Trail, 8/13 (with Jeannette).
White-rumped Sandpiper: 15, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Pectoral Sandpiper (FOF): 1, Hill's Beach, 8/14 (with Jeannette).
Short-billed Dowitcher: ~60, Hill's Beach, 8/16 (with clients).
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (FOY): 18, Hardy Boat from New Harbor to Monhegan, 8/12 (with Marion Sprague).
 
-Derek
 
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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
 
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
 
541 Route One, Suite 10
 
Freeport, ME 04032
 
207-865-6000
 
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com
 
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David Small <docfi...@gmail.com>: Aug 17 03:56PM -0400

After a brief skirmish with another American bald eagle, this one kept its
prize...I think a menhaden. Also captured a gull flying away with a crab,
unfortunately it wasn't an Asian green crab. Oh well.
 
https://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p432832521/hb42fc3a6#hb42fc3a6
 
Cheers,
Dave
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